VOLTA, A LESS ANDRO, COUN’

half of (1745-1827), an Italian physicist, note the for his discoveries in electricity. H Worip became profe or of natural philosoph at Pavia University, 1774-1804; ¢é Padua, 1815, retiring 1819. V. travele in Switzerland, 1777, through Tuscany 56’ E.), 1780. in Germany, Holland, and Englan center. 1782—where he met Banks and othe distinguished men. He invented tt Zee, Physique, 1776: Phil. Trans., 1778 an electrical condenser, 1782, and tt FRAN - hydrogen lamp, 1777. His most note DE discovery was, however, that of tk traveler, development of electricity in metall in bodies (see Phil. Trans., 1793); repeate after his experiments leading to the invention « Egypte. an electrical battery, and later of tl ou ‘Voltaic’ (or Galvanic) pile (see Ph: des Trans., 90, 1800.) A collection of b works was published, 1816. monograph |